[Dixielandjazz] T-bone story

[Marek Boym]

Kudos for the story, Larry!
Cheers

On 01/09/2008, Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis
<larrys.bands at charter.net> wrote:
> Another true story about My friend Gary Dammer who is a fine trumpet player
> and big band leader here in St. Louis.
>
> For years Gary had an allergic skin condition on his hands and he wore tight
> fitting leather gloves when he played gigs.  One night after a big band gig
> a little blue haired lady walked up to Bill Archer, the lead alto player and
> asked,  why is that man wearing gloves?  Bill, without missing a beat,
> solemnly said, that's because he has no hands.
>
> Larry
> St. L
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
> To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List"
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> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 2:26 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] T-bone story
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>
> > Too good of a story not to share!
> > Thanks Don Jones for this one!
> > Warm regards,
> > Bob Romans,
> > 1617 Lakeshore Dr.,
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> > Ph 209-747-1148
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> > "If you must choose between two evils,  choose the one you haven't tried
> > yet."
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan Barrett lives in California now, but when he was around New York he
> occasionally played at the Cornerstone, in Metuchen, NJ. One night there, a
> guy cornered him between sets, bought him a drink, and said, "I've been
> watching you for two sets now, and I think I've got it figured out. I'm a
> good observer. You change all the notes with just your lip, right?" Dan
> said, "Not exactly," and began to explain the overtone system to him. But
> the guy wasn't interested. "You change all the notes with your lips, and
> this thing." He made the trombone slide in-and-out motion. "The slide," said
> Dan. "Yeah, the slide. That's just there for show. You move it back and
> forth so everybody has something to look at, and when you want to get the
> audience all revved up, you move it back and forth real fast." With a
> straight face, Dan asked, "You figured all that out after just two sets?"
> The guy said, "I told you, I'm observant." Dan leaned toward him
> conspiratorially. "Look, the other folks here are not nearly as observant as
> you, and they're still mystified by the whole thing. I'll ask you to keep it
> a secret, so you don't blow the magic for the others, okay?" The man smiled
> wisely and shook Dan's hand. "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." Dan
> returned to the bandstand and made sure to move his slide back and forth
> real fast on the next set.
> >
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